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Mesoscale Discussion 1584

July 2, 200333 counties in North Carolina; Dillon County, Marlboro County, South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 2, 2003, 6:22 PM EDT for 33 counties in North Carolina; Dillon County, Marlboro County, South Carolina. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2003, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2003, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Anson County, NC, Beaufort County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pender County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Wake County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Dillon County, SC, Marlboro County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 2:20 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin and 10 more7 hr
Jul 2, 5:32 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin and 10 more58 min
Jul 2, 7:52 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Chowan and 23 more53 min
Jul 2, 8:15 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Chowan, Columbus and 18 more6 hr
Jul 2, 10:49 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColumbus, Jones, Pender116 min
Jul 2, 2:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnson, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland and 18 more2 hr
Jul 2, 2:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin and 19 more5 hr
Jul 2, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Carteret, Chowan and 31 more5 hr
Jul 1, 8:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 12 more2 hr
Jul 1, 9:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 18 more6 hr
Jul 2, 12:25 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 20 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.